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The Gulf of Alaska federal Pacific cod fishery for 2020 will not open due to low stocks. Ocean warming, not overfishing, is being blamed. That is the latest on Pacific cod, but a0nother type, black cod, also known as sablefish, is in the midst of its own challenge. Young black cod are so plentiful …

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: An Alaska State Trooper shot and killed a man in Kasilof who allegedly charged them carrying a harpoon. Joshua Kindred, who resigned as a U.S. District Court judge for Alaska last week, allegedly had an “inappropriately sexualized relationship” with one of his law clerks. And archeologists excavating an ancient pit house near Delta Junction say the artifacts they’ve found go back 14000 years.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Cool, rainy weather over the long holiday weekend aided firefighters working to contain wildfires around the state. A judge has ruled that one part of a citizen lawsuit aimed at stopping the Manh Choh Mine ore haul, can proceed. And hundreds of runners raced from the streets of Seward up Mount Marathon and back on July fourth.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A study released this month shows that Juneau has the highest average cost of a single-family home in Alaska — again. A salmon management group on the Kuskokwim River is calling on the federal government to address the impacts of bottom-trawling in the region. And working drones over Cook Inlet will carry water samples.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey adds to an Alaska Beacon story about see-saw funding for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Association, sablefish have been shown to be a single genetic population, as told by KCAW's Meredith Redick, and State Troopers from around the state are patrolling Bristol Bay, story by KDLG's Meg Duff, who also reports the death of a fisherman there.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: The U.S. Coast Guard encountered four Chinese military ships in the Bering Sea last weekend. Two world records were set during the first two days of this year’s World Eskimo Indian Olympics happening this week in Fairbanks. And a man shot and critically injured by Anchorage police on Monday morning had fired a shotgun at officers.

On this week's Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Brian Himmelbloom, chair of Friends of Kodiak State Parks.

On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska federal prosecutors say a federal judge who resigned in disgrace this month had undisclosed conflicts of interest. This year's World Eskimo-Indian Olympics high kick champion has his eyes set on the record. And Petersburg log rollers compete to stay dry, and win the championship.

The seasons of summer are flying by - red salmon, pink salmon, and dolly varden are running, wildflowers are blooming, and tidepools are teeming with life. Life on Alaska's Emerald Isle.

This week we hear about eagle attacks in the St. Herman Harbor, the Kodiak Island Borough School District finalized its budget, Kodiak's state parks have new staff, and a local octogenarian, Ann Barker, is hosting an art exhibit in the Kodiak Marketplace.